L’icona, una costruzione storiografica? dalla Russia all’occidente, la creazione di un mito
| Title in English | The icon as a historiographic construction? From Russia to the West, the creation of a myth |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Annali di critica d'arte |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | Icon; Historiography; Invention; Russia |
| Description | The author studies the meaning of the term ‘icon’, which originated to define devotional images in the Byzantine world, as sources reveal. It then spread in the West, from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century. Since the early 20th century it also took root in Russian art historiography. Namely, Ilja Ostroukhov and Pavel Muratov rediscovered it and interpreted it as an expression of national identity. As purported by the author of this article, the concept was received in the West since the beginning of the 20th century thanks to western scholars like Antonio Munoz in Italy and Louis Reau in France, or to histo- rians of Russian art, like Nikodim Kondakov and Muratov himself, who had migrated to Paris after the October Revolution. |
| Related projects: |